Japan Consumer Prices Rise 1.8% in July as Food Costs Climb

Japan Business News - August 21, 2026 - 23:45
Japan's nationwide core consumer price index rose 1.8% in July from a year earlier, with the pace of inflation accelerating for a second consecutive month as higher food prices and a rebound in energy costs outweighed a sharp decline in rice prices. (News On Japan)
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Pro-Japan Scanner Rapidly Spreads in South Korea

Japan Education News - August 21, 2026 - 23:41
An unofficial website that allows South Koreans to check whether their ancestors were considered collaborators during Japan's colonial rule is rapidly gaining users, fueling online scrutiny of family histories and attacks on descendants even as public sentiment toward Japan has reached its highest level since surveys began. (News On Japan)
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Japan's Postal Services on Chopping Block

Japan Politics News - August 21, 2026 - 23:39
Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has begun considering reductions in postal services, including fewer mailboxes and less frequent deliveries, as the country's postal business continues to suffer losses following a prolonged decline in letters and New Year's cards. (News On Japan)
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Corruption charges dropped against South Africa's police intelligence boss

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 23:38
Officials had faced charges over the appointment of a civilian to a top post within crime intelligence.
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Another Accident on Kobe's Notorious Hill

Japan Society News - August 21, 2026 - 23:36
Another serious accident has occurred on a steep, prolonged downhill stretch of Prefectural Route 95 in Kobe, where authorities have repeatedly warned drivers about the risk of brake fade, a potentially dangerous loss of braking power that can affect ordinary passenger cars as well as large trucks. (News On Japan)
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Nepalese Student Found Dead in Fukuoka River

Japan Society News - August 21, 2026 - 23:35
A Nepalese vocational school student found dead in a river in Fukuoka city had multiple injuries on her arms believed to have been sustained while trying to protect herself, leading police to suspect she was attacked repeatedly with a strong intent to kill. (News On Japan)
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Tornadoes touch down in New York and Delaware

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 23:35
Tornadoes swept through New York and Delaware as severe storms brought torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic.
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Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch chief fit to stand trial in sex trafficking case, judge says

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 23:23
Jeffries was declared "mentally incompetent" by a court last year and said to be suffering with dementia and late onset of Alzheimer's disease.
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Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infections

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 22:44
About half of the 2,500 recorded deaths from Ebola happened in the last 20 days, the WHO says.
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Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infections

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 22:44
About half of the 2,500 recorded deaths from Ebola happened in the last 20 days, the WHO says.
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas on making a film about love and caste inequality

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 22:32
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has executive produced The Cycle of Love, based on an Indian artist who cycled from India to Europe to reunite with his wife.
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Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 22:07
Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.
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Two Mexicans arrested as police uncover big meth lab on South African farm

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 20:57
The overnight raid of the multi-million dollar drug operation took place near the border with Zimbabwe.
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Two Mexicans arrested as police uncover big meth lab on South African farm

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 20:57
The overnight raid of the multi-million dollar drug operation took place near the border with Zimbabwe.
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Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 20:31
Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.
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Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 20:14
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says.
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Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 20:14
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says.
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Bodies of two hikers missing for decades found after Swiss glacier melts

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 19:03
Officials say the bodies of the two Belgians, who went missing in 1992, were discovered after the Trift Glacier receded.
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Bodies of two hikers missing for decades found after Swiss glacier melts

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 19:03
Officials say the bodies of the two Belgians, who went missing in 1992, were discovered after the Trift Glacier receded.
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Eight killed in plane crash at remote Alaskan military site, air force says

BBC World News - August 21, 2026 - 18:53
It is unclear why the civilian-contracted plane was at the radar site on Alaska's south-west coast.
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